Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1918 — COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Intonstlnt hnpphs Frem till Various DtpafimMts OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomized—Together With Other Notes Gathered From the Several County Offices. “Commodore” O’Connor was down from Kniman Saturday. —s a— John Shirer of Kankakee township yas a business visitor in the sCity Saturday. Former Judge T. F. Palmer of Monticello was in Rensselaer on business Saturday. Myrt B. Price of near Remington was shaking hands with old friends in Rensselaer Saturday. Miss LaVerne Geyer, accompanied by Miss Helen Kessinger, went to South Bend Saturday and spent Sunday with her parents. At the meeting of the county board of education Monday (’. M. Sands was elected county truant office rto succeed C. B. Steward, who has held the office for several years.

Marriage licenses issued: May 3, Walter Peer of Hamlet, Indiana, aged 27 July 3 last, farmer, and Louise Catherine Lake of Kniman, aged 26 April 5 last, teacher. First marriage for each. In response to an official call recently Solomon Yoder and Fermon A. Schultz, both of Union township, left yesterday on the 1:57 train for Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis, where they will receive training in the U. S. army service. At the special meeting of the county council Monday, petitions signed by hundreds of taxpayers of the county were presented asking the council to appropriate $7,500 through the county council of defense to pay Jasper County’s allotment in the present Red Cross drive, and the council made such appropriation. At the last meeting of the county council of defense the secretary was directed to extend an invitation to Michael E. Foley, chairman of the state council of defense, to make an address here. A resolution was adopted also urging the passing by congress the bill now pending extending the franking privilege to state and county councils of defense. The council also endorsed the drive of the K. of C. to raise their allotment of $2,000 in Jasper county. =■ Unless later reports change the standing of counties in the Third Liberty loan drive, Jasper county will stand second, the per cent of our over subscription being 250 of the quota of $170,000. Dearborn county stands' first with 270 per cent; Lake Newton sixth, 199 per cent; Porter twelfth, 164 per cent; Benton fifteenth, 159 per cent; White thir-ty-second, 139 per cent; Pulaski, fifty-eighth, 109 per cent, and Starke sixty-eighth with 100 per cent. Charles Marlin, charged with shooting at with intent to kill Nightwatch Frank Critser, is still confined in jail. It was practically arranged to turn him loose and send him to the military service, but objection was made by some to this procedure of filling up the army with men charged with crime, and the matter is now held up and it is probable he will have to lay in jail all summer, until the Sei»tember term of court. Something should have been done with Marlin before our term of court ended. Tn the Democrat’s mention of this shooting affray in Saturday’s Democrat, we stated that the trouble first started at the Central garage, when it should have read the Main garage. The county commissioners met in regular session Monday but did not finish up all the business of the term and, as yesterday was the psii .... -

mary election, the board adjourned until next Monday. Following are the proceedings 11 Monday’s session: The East St. Louis Bridge Co., was allowed payment in full for one bridge in Walker township $1,200, and for two bridges In Keener township, $1,090 and sl,575, respectively. I. W. Moneyhun & Son were allowed $516,95 on the W. L. Wood road contracts in Union township. In the petition of Joseph Kosta for a gravel road in Union township, E. D. Nesbitt was appointed engineer and W. V. Porter and S. S. Shedd viewers, to meet May 13. Northern Indiana Land Co. petition for highway. Cause continued to June term for filing report. Michael Clyne petition for*highway. John Biggs, M. J. Delehanty and William Middlekamp appointed viewers, to meet May 18. Arthur Kresler petition for ditch. John J. Lawler files remonstrance. Mary Bartoo petition for ditch. Time extended to first day of June term for filing report. Interest on county funds for the month of April was $630.43, divided as follows: First National bank, Rensselaer, $156.67' The Trust & Savings hank, Rensselaer, $145.95; State bank, Rensselaer, $141.75; State £ank, Remington, $138.11; Bank of Wheatfield, $47.95.